beating the heat

Have I mentioned before how my kids are not big fans of the water? (I am pretty sure they get it from me because I don't really like going swimming.) Miriam and Simon have never really loved taking a bath, they cry when it is time to get their heads wet. I might have found a solution.... SPRAYING WATER. While they don't love the bath or the pool they loved when I took them to some spraying fountains. (They even loved the idea of taking a shower when we got home and have requested taking a shower ever since.) Miriam and Simon couldn't get enough of the water and I didn't have to get wet. I had a lot of fun taking pictures of them running in the water. So here is a small sampling of the moments I captured.

a good way to pass a couple of hours

 

Kite Flying

While I was looking through pictures from my phone I realized I never posted about the time we flew kites (way back over General Conference weekend in April). I want to share some cute pictures of the kids flying kites. Simon got a kite from Grandma Bishop for his birthday. We didn't really get the kites to stay up for very long. Miriam and Simon thought it was great while it lasted.

Instagram Photos {May}

...catching up... here are the Instagram photos for May:

lovely spring day//love sandal weather

winchester

broken dishwasher = five guys//wish sonic was closer

morning run//ready to go

chalk drawings//delicious ribs courtesy of michael's dad

ready for church//playing in the tub

silly monkeys//simon couldn't sit still at the library

they would swing all day//no more booster seat, he wants to be a big boy

dinner//virginia weather

climbed the fence to pet the horse//best friends

matching nails//leopard

michael's birthday dinner//gift

 

sunday afternoon//mother's day

at the zoo

hats//favorite book at the library

weird license plate//madeleines

smore's//early saturday morning

sibling love//headed to church

saying goodbye to rebecca//party for rebecca

cafe rio//officially a missionary

natural curls//fountain

slowly waking up//love these two

temple date//brave girl

too cold for memorial day//sunday walk

shenandoah river//ice cream at harper's ferry

playing cashier//still trying to like running

teeny tiny tea party//last ballet class

rowing her boat//taking care of his doll

no one wanted to shop//trying to cheer up a sad boy